Interview With Author Lena Gibson
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written twelve books so far, not including the 235K portal fantasy that will never see the light of day. I currently have seven published books and contracts for four more completed stories, two in each of 2026 and 2027.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My most recent book is Racing Towards Destiny: A Sports Romance, inspired by my passion for MotoGP racing. At the top level, there are several sets of brothers who race. My favorite are the Marquez brothers. The older brother is a legend-in-the-making, having won 9 world titles. This made me wonder what it would be like to be his younger brother. So, I created fictional characters inspired by the Marquez brothers and wrote the story of the overshadowed brother. I combined this with the story of a young autistic woman who was fed up with the way her life was unfolding. She left everything behind to start over in Europe, dreaming of being a writer. To make ends meet, she takes a job on the MotoGP world circuit as an umbrella girl.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not sure it’s unusual, but I don’t work well with an outline. Instead, I make supporting materials, like a 22-race motorcycle racing schedule with race results and championship standings. I also created a list of different types of races to keep mine varied and interesting. I used these documents to keep the story progressing.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I can’t pick just a few, as I’ve been a voracious reader since I was young. By the time I was eight years old, I started reading a book a day. In those days, my favorites were the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, and the Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery. I read them all hundreds of times throughout my childhood.
I love to reread books, and many of my favorites could be considered influences. Long-time favorite authors include Guy Gavriel Kay, Susanna Kearsley, V.E. Schwab, Catherine Marshall, Robert Jordan, George R.R. Martin, Tad Williams, and Mercedes Lackey. More recent favorites include Ashley Poston, Ali Hazelwood, Abby Jimenez, Sally Thorne, Francesca Zappia, Lyla Sage, Kate Quinn, Penny Reid, Rachel Gillig, Elsie Silver, and Taylor Jenkins Reid.
What are you working on now?
I have just finished editing and revising the third book in my Love and Survival series, No Home Without You: A Post-Apocalyptic Romance. It is a stand-alone story that connects many of the characters from the previous two books with two new characters. It will be published in July 2026 by Black Rose Writing.
My brand-new, three-chapters-old WIP is my first story set completely in Canada. It is intended to be a romantic suspense loosely based on pieces of my childhood. The main character is inspired by, but not based on, my mom. Some of the things that happen are based on the night my mom left my dad and the first days that followed.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Having ebook promotions. Many of my sales are either audiobooks, ebook promotions, or through Kindle Unlimited.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing every day. Practice makes a difference to your writing. Also, don’t write what you think the market wants; write the stories that are real and interesting to you.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you write, you’re already an author. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. Susanna Kearsley said this at one of the first writers’ conferences I attended.
What are you reading now?
I just finished reading Mate by Ali Hazelwood, Soul Searching by Lyla Sage, and I’m reading an ARC called Southern Souls by Sarah Lauer Nakawatase, who shares my publisher.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to finish my new WIP, and I have two more motorcycle racing romances clamouring to be written. I already know who the main characters are. I am also planning to write a heist. It will most likely be a dystopian adventure heist and may borrow a character from my Train Hoppers series.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would bring: The Fianovar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay, The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley, The Seven-Year Slip by Ashley Poston, and The Shepherd Moon Duology by Rachel Gillig.
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